Digital Futures - Collaborative Research

Network (CRN)

Professor Mike Keppell Executive Director

Australian Digital Futures Institute Director, Digital Futures - CRN

! CRN MLEF /AMI Mobile Learning Workshop

Research Capacity Building

$5.1 million

Partnership with ANU & UniSA

91 Researchers

5 projects

Leadership Development Program

Digital Futures - CRN: Outcomesn An increase in the number of research active

staff n Increased mentorship activity through

the Research Leadership Development Program (RLDP)

n An increase in joint publications n An increase in joint applications for competitive

grants n An increase in the number of HDR student

completions n Collaborative research that is influential in policy

circles.

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The Digital Rural Futures Conference 2014 Hosted by the University of Southern Queensland, Toowoomba

25 – 27 June 2014 Regional Futures - maintaining healthy, resilient and vibrant regional

communities. Agricultural Futures - increasing productivity, sustainable use of resources and

embracing digital technologies to optimise Australia’s farming future. Digital Futures – building capacity to design and utilise emerging digital

technologies and embrace their opportunities

The conference is a Regional Universities Network (RUN) initiative

For more information now, visit: http://www.usq.edu.au/digital-crn/drf-conference

Official Conference Website: (Go Live from December 2013)

http://www.usq.edu.au/digital-rural-futures/